VOA慢速英语： 美阿共同建立网络中心反抗IS

The United States and United Arab Emirates launched a joint effort Wednesday to counter the Islamic State militants on social media.

周三，美国和阿联酋共同对付活跃在社交媒体上的伊斯兰极端分子。

The Sawab Center, based in Abu Dhabi, uses social media to confront the militants’ efforts to recruit members. It also presents “moderate and tolerant voices from across the region.”

总部在阿布扎比的Sawab中心运用社交媒体应付伊斯兰极端组织招募士兵的活动。这也同时代表了区域内“谦逊和容忍”的声音。

The Arabic word “sawab,” means “right” or “correct” -- as in, “the right path.” The center has sent messages on Twitter and posted a YouTube video sayingthe Islamic State is changing the meaning of Islam to spread hate, fear, and intolerance.

阿拉伯语Sawab，意思是“正确的”，也就是“正确的道路”。该中心在推特上发帖子。并在YOUTUBE上发视频，说明伊斯兰极端组织扭曲伊斯兰教义，传播仇恨，恐惧和偏狭。

Richard Stengel is the U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacyand Public Affairs. In an interview with Alhurra, Mr. Stengel says the SawabCenter aims to use information to prevent people from joining the IslamicState.

美国国务卿下属的公共外交人理查德在接受自由电视台采访时表示，Sawab中心旨在运用信息防止人们加入伊斯兰极端组织。

"One of the ideas of the Sawab Center and what we do in terms of messaging ourselves from Washington is to try to stem the flow of foreign fighters. To, ifsomebody is debating whether to go, tell them that the mythology of whatDaesh [Islamic State] is creating is false, you know, the caliphate isn't a paradise -- there's no plumbing, there's no electricity, there's no Internetaccess."

Sawab中心其中的一个想法就是我们接受华盛顿方面的消息，来阻止人们加入外来武装部队。同样，如果人们讨论决定是否去留，我们将会告知他们伊斯兰组织所谓的神话传说是虚伪的，哈里发并不是人间天堂——那里没有下水管道，没有电，没有网络。

Mr. Stengel says the center hopes to “take offline” those who are using socialmedia to recruit new members for IS.

史丹格表示，该中心希望能够使那些运用社交媒体为伊斯兰组织征募新成员的人们下线。

The U.S.-led coalition has launched more than 5,000 airstrikes against theIslamic State in the past year. But the goals are to stop the flow of new foreignfighters and cutting off funding to the militant group.

以美国为首的同盟军去年在反抗伊斯兰极端组织中组织了5.000多次空袭。空袭目标是组织新成员的加入和切断军事组织的资金供给。

The under-secretary said the coalition of more than 60 nations is seeing somesuccess. But he also said that the fight against IS and terrorism in general is a “generational struggle,” - one that will not be won quickly. He adds that,

史丹格称60多个国家的同盟军的努力看到了成果。但他同时表示，反抗极端组织和恐怖主义是“几代人的斗争”，一代人是不可能完成的，他补充道，

"I think it's not realistic to say that any form of terrorism will go away, or thatany manifestation of Daesh or ISIL will go away, but as an acute threat, as an existential threat, as an expanding threat, that will be reversed and it already isbeing reversed.”

“我认为说恐怖主义远离我们或者说任何极端组织消失是不现实的，但是他们作为一个严重威胁，一个关乎人类存在的威胁。他们迟早会被推翻，并且已经在被改变”

I’m Jim Tedder.

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Words in This Story

counter– v. to do something in defense or in response to something

tolerant– n. willing to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different fromyour own

funding- n. an amount of something that is available for use